SplitsTree explained

SplitsTree
Developer:	Daniel Huson and David Bryant
Latest Release Version:	4.17.1
Latest Release Date:	2021
Latest Preview Version:	5.3
Latest Preview Date:	2021
Operating System:	Windows, Linux, Mac OS X
Genre:	Bioinformatics
License:	Proprietary

SplitsTree is a popular freeware program for inferring phylogenetic trees, phylogenetic networks, or, more generally, splits graphs, from various types of data such as a sequence alignment, a distance matrix or a set of trees.^{[1] [2]} SplitsTree implements published methods such as split decomposition,^[3] neighbor-net, consensus networks,^[4] super networks methods or methods for computing hybridization or simple recombination networks. It uses the NEXUS file format. The splits graph is defined using a special data block (SPLITS block).

See also

• Phylogenetic tree viewers
• Dendroscope
• MEGAN

External links

• SplitsTree homepage (New Website for informations about SplitsTree)
• Alternative download page for the latest version (4.15) and manual (June 2019), hosted by the Department of Computer Science at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
• Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Daniel Huson's working group developing SplitsTree and other bioinformatics software
• List of phylogeny software, hosted at the University of Washington
• The Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks provides a wide range of examples for splits graphs, most of which were generated with SplitsTree
• Who is Who in Phylogenetic Networks lists software, researchers and literature dealing with phylogenetic networks

Notes and References

1. Dress . A. . K. T. Huber. Katharina T. Huber . V. Moulton . 2001 . Metric spaces in pure and applied mathematics . Documenta Mathematica . 121–139 .
2. Huson . D. H. . D. Bryant . 2006 . Application of Phylogenetic Networks in Evolutionary Studies . Mol. Biol. Evol. . 23 . 2 . 254–267 . 10.1093/molbev/msj030 . 16221896 . free .
3. Bandelt. H. J.. Dress. A. W.. 1992. Split decomposition: a new and useful approach to phylogenetic analysis of distance data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 1. 3. 242–252. 10.1016/1055-7903(92)90021-8. 1055-7903. 1342941.
4. Holland. Barbara. Moulton. Vincent. 2003. Benson. Gary. Page. Roderic D. M.. Consensus Networks: A Method for Visualising Incompatibilities in Collections of Trees. Algorithms in Bioinformatics. 2812. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. en. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 165–176. 10.1007/978-3-540-39763-2_13. 9783540397632.